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The state is spending $2.5 million a year helping school districts collect and submit data. And this month, state officials are fanning out to offer training, encouragement — and a few apologetic words.

Students agree to pursue post-secondary training, which earns them an all-expense paid prom night.

Nick Smith — state superintendent Tom Luna’s chief deputy — says he wasn’t looking for a new job. But an opening as principal at Boise’s Lowell Elementary School was an opportunity he just couldn’t pass up.

Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo defers to state leaders who have worked on the academic standards. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, sympathizes with colleagues who want to cut off federal funding for Common Core.

The 31 members of the governor’s Taskforce for Improving Education will spend its next meeting reviewing comments and suggestions gathered during a series of public forums.

Nick Smith, the state Department of Education’s chief deputy superintendent since January, was one of four hires announced by the Boise School District Monday.

During the first of three meetings, parents and employees considered strategies for cutting programs during the first of four budget workshops.